I would say yes.
My reasoning: BOM is bill of materials, ANY materials potentially needed
for a library.
Otoh, optional dependencies have to be explicitly listed by consumers (POM
consuming your library).
Hence, you will help your consumer by giving them predefined version to
use, IF they enlist
Hi, Ceki.
My understanding is that, yes, if they are part of the main library
(i.e. not transitive dependencies from some other library), then they
should also be included in the BOM.
The BOM is usually imported under the `` section,
which is simply the place where you are managing which ver
On 6/17/2023 9:32 PM, Ceki Gülcü wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> Is it considered good practice to reference optional dependencies in BOM
> files?
My question is probably silly as BOM files are reserved for declaring
artifacts a project builds itself and not for dependencies, optional or
otherwise.
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Hello,
Is it considered good practice to reference optional dependencies in BOM
files?
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